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Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 10:30:24 +0200
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On 04/04/14 03:19, Shark8 wrote:
> On 03-Apr-14 17:43, Jeffrey Carter wrote:
>>
>> Will it be 2064 before we get government regulation requiring safer
>> language features?
>
> That's a seriously bad idea.
> Having government regulation would be asking for corruption all along that bureaucratic chain.

*Liability* in software business will suffice.

Regulation, or Law, that would require software to have measurable
properties, and such that would allow customers to sue.